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Natural Moral Law Flashcards

1
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NML

Aquinas

Recta ratio

A

Faculty of Reason, god given

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NML

Aristotle

Purpose of humanity

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Do good avoid evil

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NML

Aquinas

Eternal law

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God unchanging laws, only he knows them

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NML

Aquinas

Divine law

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Gods revealed will

eg) Ten Commandments

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NML

Aquinas

Natural law

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Our use of recta ratio and intuitive morals

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NML

Aquinas

Human law

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Made in society

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NML

Aquinas

Primary precepts

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Preservation of life

Ordered society

Worshipping God

Education of children

Reproduction

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NML

Aquinas

Secondary precepts

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Produced from the primary precepts using recta ratio

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9
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NML

Aristotle

Human purpose

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Eudiamonia - ultimate happiness for all

Pleasure
Honour
Contemplation

All things aim to be one with god

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NML

Aristotle

Subordinate aims

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Helping others facilitates eudiamonia

Subordinate aims facilitate superior aim = always eudiamonia

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NML

The stoics reason

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Universe ordered by divine providence

No sense seeking happiness, love in accordance with r

Must seek to fit in with nature, part of a wider world soul

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12
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NML

Double effect

A

Sometimes it’s permissible to cause harm

Intentions good outcome bad

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13
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Aquinas

Double effect

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Nothing hinders one act from having two effects

Summa theologica

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NML

Double effect

3 conditions

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Act must be morally good

Act have good intention

Good effect as immediate as bad effect

Good effect must be worth the bad effect

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Defensive of DE

Kamm

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Principle of proportionality

It’s permissible to do bad if the good is greater than the bad effect

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Criticism of DE

Nagel

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The essence of evil should repel us

17
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Criticism of Double effect

McIntyre

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1st constraint

all consequences are foreseeable through reason

18
Q

NML

Crits double effect

A

Criteria can never all be met

Never know long term consequences

19
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Strengths of NML

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  • Objective
  • Empirical
  • Allows things like universal human rights to be formed
  • Doesn’t rely on consequences
20
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Criticisms of NML

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  • What is natural law? Surely just cultural habits?
  • not practical for secular society
  • assumes God exists
  • science exposes NML as false, not governed by God
24
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Catechism of the Catholic Church

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The divine and natural law shows the man the way to follow and attain his end

The precepts of NML aren’t always perceived clearly, the man needs grace and revelation to understand them

Natural law is immutable and permanent throughout history

25
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Criticism

CS Lewis

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We may be mistaking the decay of nature for the increase of grace

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